In my recent interview with Nestor Miranda of Miami Cigar Company, he covered a lot of new ground, even touching on a cigar or two that may not make it into shops until late 2011. In all, we probably talked about half a dozen new sticks, and yet somehow we missed one. It’s a stubby, […]
Forcade Giralda Maduro Patriarca
In my introductory discussion of the Forcade Giralda Maduro Patriarca, I had planned on referring to a guest review of the Giralda Natural (or “Medium”) from a year or two ago. But looking through our Cigar Review Index, the review seems to have disappeared. Maybe it was a casualty of past battles with our servers, […]
13 Minutes with Nestor Miranda
Every Wednesday night at Cabernet Steakhouse in the northern suburbs of Atlanta is scotch and cigar night. Cigar lovers from all around the city gather to socialize, listen to live music, and take advantage of the special ten dollar deal on the cigar and scotch pairing of the week. But May 12th was a special […]
EP Carrillo Short Run 2010 Delirios
I know what you’re thinking. Wasn’t the next cigar released by EP Carrillo supposed to be their core line? A cigar named “Short Run” doesn’t sound like one that will be around for very long. You’re right on both counts, it seems that plans and production schedules have changed. The Short Run is indeed another […]
Tabacos Baez Serie SF Corona
When you make as many cigars as Don “Pepin” Garcia makes every year, the premium tobacco scraps really start to pile up. And what do you do when you have a surplus of short filler? Some put those scraps to use in other tobacco products. Of course, Pepin produces cigars exclusively, so he uses that […]
Rocky Patel Decade Edicion Limitada Robusto
Just when you thought Brian has reviewed every limited release that has hit the shop shelves in the past six months, I surprise you with another. This time around it’s a special edition from the perpetually prolific Rocky Patel. One released with surprisingly little fanfare. I first became aware of the cigar when it appeared […]
Fuente Fuente Opus X Pussy Cat
Following last week’s monolithic maduro, it seemed only fair to try on a the opposite extreme from the latest release of Arturo Fuente special edition cigars, the Fuente Fuente Opus X Pussy Cat. Ordinarily I avoid reviewing cigars from lines thave have been covered in the past, but this is a special vitola and different […]
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Masterpiece Maduro
Now here’s a cigar you’re not going to see reviewed very often. In addition to being a pretty hard smoke to come by, it’s size also makes it a schedule buster for most people. Especially when you smoke numerous cigars for a review like I do. But somehow I was able to squeeze in three […]
Berger & Argenti Clasico Belicoso
This week I’m back once again with a review of another product created by team Berger and Argenti, the recently released Clasico. Ordinarily I cook up some clever back story to introduce the cigar at this point, but when I checked my mental refrigerator, I found that I was didn’t have the ingredients to do […]
Illusione ~88~ Robust
Every now and then it happens. The weekly review deadline looms near, and have to frantically dig through the humidor looking for just the right cigar to review. Oh, who am I kidding, that’s just about every week, and “the right cigar” is anything I have enough of to do a fair review. But this […]